ALEJANDRA MÁRQUEZ. 110 Dey Hall Carrboro, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (956)

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1 ALEJANDRA MÁRQUEZ Department of Romance Studies 201 Westbrook Dr Apt D Dey Hall Carrboro, NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (956) Chapel Hill, NC EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2018 (expected) Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) Thesis Title: Dissident Female Desire in Contemporary Mexican Literature and Culture ( ) Director: Oswaldo Estrada Texas A&M International University, December M.A. in Spanish Thesis Title: History, Myth, and Space in Three Novels About the 1968 Mexican Student Movement Director: José Cardona-López Texas A&M International University, December B.A. in Spanish RESEARCH INTERESTS Contemporary Latin American literature, contemporary Mexican chronicle, gendered narratives of northern Mexico, gender identity and transgressions, depictions of statesponsored violence. PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Obesidad, belleza y mirada masculina en Vapor (2004) de Julieta García González. Latin American Literary Review (2018) (Forthcoming). Traces of Lesbianism in Cristina Rivera Garza s La cresta de Ilión (2002), Valeria Luiselli s Los ingrávidos (2011), and Enrique Serna s Amor propio (1991). imex. México Interdisciplinario / Interdisciplinary Mexico 13.1 (2018) (Forthcoming). Intermitencias de género y sexualidad en la crónica mexicana contemporánea. Chasqui. Revista de Literatura Latinoamericana (2017) (Forthcoming). Historia, mito y calle en Muertes de Aurora de Gerardo de la Torre. Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea 58 (2013): XV-XXI. Book Chapters

2 Allá derecho encuentras algo : mujeres y violencia en tres narrativas de la frontera. Senderos de violencia. Latinoamerica y sus narrativas armadas. Ed. Oswaldo Estrada. Valencia: Albatros (Serie Palabras de América) Book Reviews México's Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-American Women by Christine B. Arce. Hispanófila (2018) (Forthcoming). The Avowal of Difference: Queer Latino American Narratives by Ben Sifuentes- Jáuregui. MIFLC Review 17 (2016): La Generación XXX: Entrevistas con veinte escritores mexicanos nacidos en los 70. De Abenshushan a Xoconostle by Emily Hind. Romance Notes 54 (2014): Note El feminismo en los tiempos del odio. Feminopraxis. 10 junio Web. WORK IN PROGRESS Historical Parallels of Violence in María Luisa Mendoza s Con él, conmigo, con nosotros tres (1971). (journal article) TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Department of Romance Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Teaching Assistant, Sole-taught all courses listed Summer Immersion Program Culture Course (Summer 2014, 2015) Elementary Spanish, Hybrid Online Course (Fall 2017) Spanish for High Beginners (Fall 2013, Spring 2014) Intermediate Spanish (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017) Latin American Culture (Mexico, Central America, and the Andean Region) (Fall 2015) Graduate Research Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hispanic Communities of the United States (Spring 2014) Department of Humanities, Texas A&M International University Teaching Assistant, Designed and sole-taught Beginning Spanish for Non-Native Speakers (Spring 2013) SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Work Presented Imagining an Intersectional Lesbian Feminist Academic Praxis. National Women s Studies Association Conference. Baltimore, MD. November 16-19, Homosexualidad y nacionalismo en Los cuarenta y uno: una novela crítico-social (1906) de Eduardo A. Castrejón y México marimacho (1933) de Salvador Quevedo y

3 Zubieta. West Georgia Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA. October 26-28, Masculinidad femenina en Sandra, secreto amor (2001) de Reyna Barrera y Pantera! Pantera! (2010) de Elena Madrigal. Tercer Coloquio Internacional de Escrituras Sáficas. Colegio de México. Mexico City. July 27-28, Queer Subjects in the Contemporary Mexican Chronicle. Modern Language Association Convention. Philadelphia, PA. January 5-7, Belleza, enfermedad y mirada masculina en Vapor, de Julieta García González. XIX Congreso de Literatura Mexicana Contemporánea. University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX. April 6-8, Historia, mito y calle en Muertes de Aurora (1980) de Gerardo de la Torre. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. April 17-20, Homonormatividad, deconstrucción de género e inversión de la jerarquía heterosexual en La virgen de los sicarios de Fernando Vallejo. Vergara and Guillermo Benavidez Z Academic Conference. Texas A&M International University. Laredo, TX. March 21-22, Un acercamiento a La virgen de los sicarios de Fernando Vallejo desde la teoría queer. Texas A&M Pathways Symposium. Texas A&M University at Galveston. Galveston, TX. November 9-10, José Kozer: La dualidad del exilio. Roundtable with José Kozer. Texas A&M International University. Laredo, TX. November 14th, El secuestro and El mensaje (short stories) 1st Prize for Graduate Presentation in the Area of Humanities. Lamar Bruni Vergara and Guillermo Benavides Z Academic Conference. Laredo, TX. April 7-8, Panels Organized Inscripciones de violencia y transgresiones sexo-genéricas en la narrativa latinoamericana de los siglos XX y XXI. West Georgia Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA. October 26-28, Invited Talks Lesbianism and Female Masculinity in Contemporary Mexican Literature. Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Duke University. Durham, NC. March 23 rd, Traces of Lesbianism in Contemporary Mexican Literature. UNC LGBTQ Center. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, NC. October 3 rd, Literatura lésbica en México a partir de Amora de Rosamaría Roffiel. Colectivo 41. Part of the Conversatorio conferences on gender and sexuality. San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. October 13 th, 2016.

4 SERVICE AND EXTRACURRICULAR WORK Co-organizer, Screening of documentary Quebranto/Disrupted at UNC as part of Transgender Awareness Week, November Mentor Chair, Graduate Romance Association, Safe Zone Panelist, UNC LGBTQ Center, Fall 2014-present. Graduate Student Assistant, NC Latin American Film Festival, 2014, 2015, Editorial Assistant, Romance Notes, Fall 2013-present. Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society Chapter Phi Xi, President, Leadership TAMIU Association, Spring Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Chapter 296, Student VP, Spring Club de Español Siglo XXI, Fall COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Eyes Up Here Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. The Pinhook. Durham, NC. September 13 th, Eyes Up Here Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. Neptunes. Raleigh, NC. September 1 st, Stand-Up Comedy 101 Student Showcase. DSI Comedy Theatre. Chapel Hill, NC. June 13 th, HONORS AND AWARDS Mellon Conference Travel Award. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for the Study of the Americas. Provost s Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, and Queer Life Summer Research Award. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Summer Dana B. Drake Research Travel Award. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Studies. Summer Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mellon Dissertation Grant. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for the Study of the Americas. Summer 2016, Summer Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship in Lesbian Studies. Yale University. New Haven, CT. May 16-20, Future Faculty Development Program. Virginia Tech University. Blacksburg, VA. January 12-14, Initiative for Minority Excellence Travel Award. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. February 2015.

5 Lamar Bruni Vergara Educational Assistance Scholarship. Texas A&M International University. 2013, 2014, 2015, ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS National Women s Studies Association Modern Language Association Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society LANGUAGES Spanish: native speaker English: near-native fluency Portuguese: reading and writing knowledge, basic speaking ability CITIZENSHIP US Citizen TEACHING VIDEO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST